HRI Long Put Strategy
HRI (Herc Holdings Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Rental & Leasing Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Herc Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental supplier in the United States and internationally. It rents aerial, earthmoving, material handling, trucks and trailers, air compressors, compaction, and lighting equipment. The company also provides ProSolutions, an industry specific solution-based services, which include power generation, climate control, remediation and restoration, pump, trench shoring, and studio and production equipment; and ProContractor professional grade tools. In addition, it offers various services, including repair, maintenance, equipment management, and safety training; and equipment re-rental and on-site support services, as well as ancillary services, such as equipment transport, rental protection, cleaning, refueling, and labor. Further, the company sells used equipment and contractor supplies, such as construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies. It serves non-residential and residential construction, specialty trade, restoration, remediation and environment, and facility maintenance contractors; industrial manufacturing industries, including automotive and aerospace, power, metals and mining, agriculture, pulp, paper and wood, food and beverage, and refineries and petrochemical industries; infrastructure and government sectors; and commercial facilities, hospitality, healthcare, recreation, entertainment production, and special event management customers.
HRI (Herc Holdings Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Rental & Leasing Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.57B, a beta of 1.91 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 88.45-188.35, average daily share volume of 659K, a public-listing history dating back to 2006, approximately 8K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HRI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.91 indicates HRI has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. HRI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long put on HRI?
A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.
Current HRI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $139.59, ATM IV 53.50%, IV rank 27.23%, expected move 15.34%. The long put on HRI below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on HRI specifically: HRI IV at 53.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HRI long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.34% (roughly $21.41 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated HRI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HRI should anchor to the underlying notional of $139.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on HRI stock.
HRI long put setup
The HRI long put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With HRI near $139.59, the first option leg uses a $140.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HRI chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 HRI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $140.00 | $10.30 |
HRI long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,030.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $12,969.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,030.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $129.70
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 12.591
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
HRI long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on HRI. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | +$12,969.00 |
| $30.87 | -77.9% | +$9,882.70 |
| $61.74 | -55.8% | +$6,796.40 |
| $92.60 | -33.7% | +$3,710.10 |
| $123.46 | -11.6% | +$623.79 |
| $154.33 | +10.6% | -$1,030.00 |
| $185.19 | +32.7% | -$1,030.00 |
| $216.05 | +54.8% | -$1,030.00 |
| $246.91 | +76.9% | -$1,030.00 |
| $277.78 | +99.0% | -$1,030.00 |
When traders use long put on HRI
Long puts on HRI hedge an existing long HRI stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying HRI exposure being hedged.
HRI thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HRI extends from approximately $118.18 on the downside to $161.00 on the upside. A HRI long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long HRI position with one put per 100 shares held. Current HRI IV rank near 27.23% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on HRI at 53.50%. As a Industrials name, HRI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HRI-specific events.
HRI long put positions are structurally bearish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. HRI positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HRI alongside the broader basket even when HRI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on HRI are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current HRI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on HRI?
- A long put on HRI is the long put strategy applied to HRI (stock). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With HRI stock trading near $139.59, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HRI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HRI long put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the HRI long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 53.50%), the computed maximum profit is $12,969.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,030.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a HRI long put?
- The breakeven for the HRI long put priced on this page is roughly $129.70 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current HRI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.34%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long put on HRI?
- Long puts on HRI hedge an existing long HRI stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying HRI exposure being hedged.
- How does current HRI implied volatility affect this long put?
- HRI ATM IV is at 53.50% with IV rank near 27.23%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.